The King of a Rainy Country by Brigid Brophy vintage Blue Horses asks what it

Blue Horses asks what it means to truly belong to this world

A beloved contemporary feminist classic and pioneering work of autofiction—a funny

in dive bars and bus depots

imaginative

spends an evening with a rogue academic named Dick

The King of a Rainy Country by Brigid Brophy vintage Blue Horses asks what itIn this captivating novel the stylish Brigid Brophy portrays the impoverished bohemianism of young Londoners during the post war years. Susan, working for a distinctly dubious bookseller is in love with the elusive Neale, but still obsessed with the memory of Cynthia, a rangy beauty from her schooldays. Their fumbling detective work reveals that Cynthia is due in Venice for a film festival and, in a richly comic odyssey, they journey there as